But at one point in the movie, Liberty does mention that her mother has gone through other boyfriends and that this is a habit she has had for a while. Watching as Liberty meets John, her mother’s new boyfriend, is kind of telling since Liberty doesn’t say it, but it’s easy to think that she’s not entirely comfortable with having John in their lives since it feels as though she and her mother are close enough that it might have been the two of them against the world for a while before John. That’s kind of ruined when her mother announces that she has a new boyfriend.Ĭredit: What Lies Below It feels like the timeline could have been stretched to help with the realism the script needed.

What’s a little off-putting about Mena Suvari’s acting in this movie is that she comes off as the type of mother who loves her child but at the same time is somehow oblivious to the fact that her daughter is going through a transition in her life that could be alleviated with the type of help that might make life just a little easier. What is known is that Liberty, known as Libs or Libby, is a young girl that is entering womanhood and has been picked up from camp by her mother, an author of romantic novels that apparently has been trying to keep her career moving forward as sales have been down. What Lies Below is kind of an odd movie simply because it doesn’t feel as though it commits entirely to its own premise, as the reveals that are seen throughout the movie do help to tell the story, but they remain purposefully vague when laying things out. But some movies can make great use of the idea while others do their best but come up a bit short. Using a lakeside setting for a horror movie is usually a good idea and one that has been used over and over throughout the years.

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